Governance Support Assistant

We are seeking two Assistants to join our Governance Support Team, which has a reach across the whole of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and across a huge range of services in Somerset and beyond.

These posts are available within our Compliance and Effectiveness and Patient Safety and Learning functions and will be integral to the wider team.

In the Assistant role, you will make a key contribution to the delivery of high-quality support for a wide range of governance processes, with relationships developed across the team and the wider organisation. You will provide effective administrative and co-ordination support enabling the effective delivery of our governance objectives.

This will provide an opportunity for a varied role in a busy, friendly environment, with the prospect of development in the following areas, depending on the role: For Compliance & Effectiveness, workstreams include policy and guideline management, quality assurance, clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, and quality/safety data review. For Patient Safety and Learning, workstreams include learning from patient safety events, learning from deaths, litigation claims and inquests., As a member of the wider Governance Support Team the Assistant will work flexibility and collaboratively and will have opportunities to gain experience of all aspects of the team's broad remit.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to providecomprehensive administrative and co-ordination support. The assistant will provide support for key Trust-level meetings associated with both our compliance/assurance and patient safety workstreams, with the portfolio depending on the specific role held.

Duties for the Compliance and Effectiveness assistant extend to policy document management, supporting the ongoing development of our merged Trust's policies and procedures directory. Duties for the Patient Safety and Learning role extend to support for negligence claims and inquest arrangements, providing insight into the operation of learning and legal processes leading from patient safety events.

An ability to organise large collections of information and to forge good relations with a wide variety of colleagues throughout the Trust will be crucial.

The work of the Assistant in either post will require flexibility, excellent organisational ability, good judgement and the ability to effectively prioritise. A keen eye for detail will also be needed. Above all, effective communication and teamworking will be essential.

The Assistant will combine high standards and commitment with excellent written and verbal communication skills, exceptional organisational skills, and minute taking experience.

This is an excellent development opportunity for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual wishing to gain experience in the field of governance within the NHS.

The Governance Support Team is a friendly team of around forty, covering three main strands of governance: compliance and effectiveness, health, safety and risk and patient safety and learning. We work supportively with clinicians, managers and leaders across the Trust's hugely varied services to instil good governance systems, processes and culture. Ultimately, we are here to support great care.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!